Brain-reading device is best yet at decoding ‘internal speech’

Naddaf, Miryam

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Technology that enables researchers to interpret brain signals could one day allow people to talk using only their thoughts.

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  1. Miryam Naddaf

Scientists have developed brain implants that can decode internal speech — identifying words that two people spoke in their minds without moving their lips or making a sound.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-01424-7

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